Beverley Nicholas was the inspiration, founder and main organiser of the Batley Bulldogs fundraising, she sadly passed away due to secondary spread breast cancer in May 2019. Beverley began a fundraising initiative in 2014 named “The Pink Weekend”. Since then she’d organised sponsored walks, player calendars, family fun days, afternoon tea and of course the …
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Thank you to members of the Old Time Dance Society for their recent donation of used stamps. We were delighted to welcome Vice Chairman Paul Harding and his wife Hazel to our offices with their 17kg donation which raised £340 for our research into secondary spread, the main cause of breast cancer related deaths. Paul …
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Play it Pink We are excited to announce Play it Pink, our new campaign that we’ll be sharing with you soon! Running alongside Pink Saturday, Play it Pink is an a opportunity for all sports clubs to take part in a weeks worth of pink fundraising to raise funds for Against Breast Cancer. Whether this …
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Across social media for the festive period we are joining in on the ‘Elf on the shelf’ craze, all for good reason. Our Elves, named Stripy Tights and Twinkletoes will serve as a daily reminder of how important it is to be breast aware by encouraging everyone to check your Elves this Christmas. Checking yourself …
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Karen is a 51-year-old GP from Hampshire. 10 years after her primary diagnosis this year she was diagnosed with secondary spread breast cancer in her sternum, chest wall and lungs. Undeterred, Karen ran her first marathon just months later and in September, Karen set herself the goal of running three more marathons in a calendar …
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